APHG Unit 1.2-1.3 Practice

Which term is defined below:

Information obtained by counting or measuring

• nonspatial model

• spatial model

• geographic model

• quantitative data

• qualitative data

Which term is defined below:

Information describing color, odor, shape, or some other physical characteristic

• nonspatial model

• spatial model

• geographic model

• quantitative data

• qualitative data

Which term is defined below:

A computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data.

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Geographic Positioning Systems (GPS)

• Mercator map projection

• Gall-Peters Projection

• conic projection

Which term is defined below:

A way for geographers to obtain new information, GPS technology is found in cars and cellphones; it uses the Earth's latitude and longitude coordinates to determine an exact location.

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Geographic Positioning Systems (GPS)

• Mercator map projection

• Gall-Peters Projection

• conic projection

Which term is defined below:

A map showing units such as countries, states, provinces, districts, etc.

• physical map

• locator map

• political map

• graduated symbol map

• plat map

Which term is defined below:

A map that shows mountains, hills, plains, rivers, lakes, oceans, etc.

• physical map

• locator map

• political map

• graduated symbol map

• plat map

Which term is defined below:

Show locations of places and geographic features

• physical map

• locator map

• political map

• reference map

• plat map

Which term is defined below:

A map that shows specialized information or a particular theme

• thematic map

• choropleth map

• isoline map

• reference map

• topographic map

Which term is defined below:

Name given to a portion of Earth's surface

• connectivity

• accessibility

• distance

• proximity

• toponyms

Which term is defined below:

Scale of map doesn't HAVE to change, but the level of detail in the data would

• cartographic scale

• geographic scale

• relative scale

• scale of data